Whats the best over the counter item to use for itching?
A nice backscratcher.
Joe
I’m talking about the kind that keeps itching after you’ve already scratched.
It depends on the cause.
For overall allergy-type issues, I believe Benadryl to be the best.
I’ve always found calamine lotion to be effective, but I recently read somewhere that there is no medical evidence that it does anything at all - I guess it’s being asserted that it’s all down to the placebo effect.
As long as its not head on or its itch equivalent.
I find that the counter itself is a wonderful scratching apparatus. Can’t beat a good right-angled, convex corner for scratchin’!
You can get some low strength cortisone cream OTC (Australia) bit it will- as mentioned above- depend on the cause if it is to be effective.
If the cause is poison ivy or mosquito bites, I recommend Band Aid Anti-Itch gel (formerly known as Rhuli Gel).
1% cortisone creme is good, but a bit pricey if you’ve got a big swath of itchy skin – for those (caused by poison ivy, etc.), I use clear calamine lotion, thus avoiding that ridiculous-looking pink. The relief is less instantaneous, but it does seem to stop the itching, and it also helps clear up the ooziness of poison ivy.
uh… Preparation H?
What?
You asked.